lawsuits
Black Flag's Greg Ginn accused of child abuse by his ex-wife
Greg Ginn (left) w/ Black Flag in 2013 (more by PSquared)
Greg Ginn, the only remaining original member of Black Flag, has been accused of child abuse by his ex-wife Marina Ginn, Consequence of Sound reports…
Pleasure Leftists touring, playing Acheron w/ Ivy who also play there w/ Warthog (dates, streams)
Cleveland post-punks Pleasure Leftists already have a few impressive releases on labels like Deranged, Katorga Works and Fan Death, and they’ve been playing new material at the shows on their current t…
Danzig recording Elvis covers EP, lost fight with Jerry Only over Misfits Hot Topic royalties
Glenn Danzig, who last year recorded a covers album that may never come out, was in the studio over the weekend working on his next effort, a collection of Elvis covers…
Beastie Boys win lawsuit against Monster; Mike D officially says the band is no more
The Beastie Boys just went to court with Monster Energy drink over the company using their music and likenesses in an advertisement, and it looks like things worked in favor of the Beasties…
Beastie Boys file lawsuit against GoldieBlox over "Girls" ad
When girl-centric toymakers GoldieBlox issued a public apology for using The Beastie Boys‘ song “Girls” (with altered lyrics) in an online video/ad and took it offline, some might have thought that would be that…
Johnny Thunders' heirs, some of them ex-convicts, fighting over estate, which has been growing over time
Thunders left no will , and his last few thousand bucks were to go to his estranged wife, their two sons and his daughter from a romance with a Swedish groupie…
Bob Dylan sued for racism by Croatians
Bob Dylan had been having what seemed like a great year, having gone on a massive tour, made an interactive music video, and released a huge box set, but now reports are coming in that he’s being sued by a group of Croatians for racism…
GoldieBlox removes 'Girls' from ad; writes open letter to Beastie Boys who wrote open letter to them
Ad-Rock at MoMA last week (more by Amanda Hatfield)
In case you aren’t caught up with the toy company GoldieBlox vs Beastie Boys drama, they posted an video/ad (which has since been taken down) which repurposed the Beasties’ song “Girls” as a feminist anthem for young girls, advocating the idea that girls can create whatever they want and not be forever subject to all things pretty, pink, and princess…
CMJ underway, being sued over failed merger
CMJ is underway in NYC, and hopefully it’s going well for all the fans and bands out there, but unfortunately, there’s some trouble behind the scenes for the fest…
Greg Ginn (Black Flag) loses lawsuit against FLAG
Black Flag at Grand Victory, June 2013 (more by PSquared Photography)
The great Black Flag kerfuffle of 2013 may finally be winding down. If you’ve been following this mess, you probably remember BF founder Greg Ginn suing the members of FLAG (Keith Morris, Dez Cadena, Stephen Egerton, and Bill Stevenson), plus Henry Rollins (just for yuks, y’know…
